Legal Opinion

Macon & Birmingham Railroad v. Revis

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 12, 1904PublishedCited by 18 opinions

Action for damages. Before W. T. Tuggle, judge pro hac vice. City court of LaGrange. June 19, 1903.

1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.

The plaintiff helow, in support of his contention that the defendant railway company was liable to him in damages for the negligent killing of his horse, introduced testimony which tended to establish the following state of facts: The horse was killed in a cut, some ten feet deep, at a point on the railroad track 590 feet below a crossing, “ on an up-grade.” A few moments before the train .by which the horse was killed approached this crossing, he was seen “ standing about thirty feet from the track; ” and when the train reached the crossing, the horse “ jumped on the track at the mouth of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Weinkle & Sons v. Brunswick & Western RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  2. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. BernsteinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  3. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. WallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  4. Knox v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  5. Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. WalthourSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Neill v. HillCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  2. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. MoteSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  3. Gordon v. Gulf American Fire & Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
  4. Gem City Life Insurance v. StriplingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. NewmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938

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